Chalesa Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Chalesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chalesa (18) may also be a first name.
Chalesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chalesa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,701,480th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chalesa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name in the world, held by 18 people.
The last name Chalesa is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 146,759. In Zambia Chalesa is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 63 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 5 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chalesa
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